Chapter 4: Thunder in the Dark
I was sitting by the lake in the park, it was a good time to be here, there was a thunderstorm so there wasn't much chance of seeing anyone, not that I didn't want to be around anyone, it was just that right now I needed to... remember. This was where my girlfriend and I had first met, this is where I had asked her out, and this is where I had dumped her, and my best friend. I couldn't be around either of them after they had betrayed me like that; it was too painful, than again, so was this. I heard footsteps but didn't take any notice, I just kept staring out at the lake and the rain poring into it, like the tears of thousands of angels, weeping for the poor and helpless... and hurt.
I looked up only when I no longer felt the rain pelting my head and shoulders; there was a boy standing there, an umbrella in hand and a smile on his face. He sat down, fixing his umbrella so it was above both of us. I smile briefly at him and then looked away, hoping he would take the hint and at least not say anything to me. He didn't. "So, what ya up to?" He said, smiling at me. "I'm remembering, alone," I replied. "Oh. Well, do you want to see a magic trick?" I sighed, "Fine, do a magic trick." It was actually pretty cool, he was a good magician. "What ya doin'? Looking for a gift for your little boyfriend?" I hear Kouji say. I stood up and looked over at him, "You know what, I'm tired of your crap, the incident with Tommy was a complete accident and this guy was just trying to cheer me up. So just stop, okay. WE already know that you're a jerk, you don't have to keep proving it." He looked shocked, and then he left, deciding it was safer not to comment I guess. The umbrella boy and I high-fived and then he introduced himself as JP.
I was sitting by the lake in the park, it was a good time to be here, there was a thunderstorm so there wasn't much chance of seeing anyone, not that I didn't want to be around anyone, it was just that right now I needed to... remember. This was where my girlfriend and I had first met, this is where I had asked her out, and this is where I had dumped her, and my best friend. I couldn't be around either of them after they had betrayed me like that; it was too painful, than again, so was this. I heard footsteps but didn't take any notice, I just kept staring out at the lake and the rain poring into it, like the tears of thousands of angels, weeping for the poor and helpless... and hurt.
I looked up only when I no longer felt the rain pelting my head and shoulders; there was a boy standing there, an umbrella in hand and a smile on his face. He sat down, fixing his umbrella so it was above both of us. I smile briefly at him and then looked away, hoping he would take the hint and at least not say anything to me. He didn't. "So, what ya up to?" He said, smiling at me. "I'm remembering, alone," I replied. "Oh. Well, do you want to see a magic trick?" I sighed, "Fine, do a magic trick." It was actually pretty cool, he was a good magician. "What ya doin'? Looking for a gift for your little boyfriend?" I hear Kouji say. I stood up and looked over at him, "You know what, I'm tired of your crap, the incident with Tommy was a complete accident and this guy was just trying to cheer me up. So just stop, okay. WE already know that you're a jerk, you don't have to keep proving it." He looked shocked, and then he left, deciding it was safer not to comment I guess. The umbrella boy and I high-fived and then he introduced himself as JP.